Vending machine for urine examination indicator paper enabling simple urine examination

ABSTRACT

Provided is a urine examination indicator paper vending machine which is installed near a urinal in a public restroom to thus be conscious of progresses of various adult diseases in advance and prevent development of serious diseases beforehand, and to thereby raise consciousness of various diseases and keep people&#39;s healths. The urine examination indicator paper vending machine (A) includes a box-shaped vending machine main body on the outer surface of which a manual display, an automatic display, and a manipulator are respectively formed; a measuring portion having a discriminator which is connected with the automatic display; and a urine examination indicator paper loading portion having a residual urine collection vessel at the lower portion of the measuring portion, to accordingly check a reaction change degree on a reaction portion  41  in the urine examination indicator paper.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of Korean Utility-model RegistrationApplication No. 20-2007-0004629, filed on Mar. 21, 2007, in the KoreanIntellectual Property Office, the discIosure of which is incorporatedherein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a urine examination indicator papervending machine which is installed near a urinal in a public restroom inwhich a user can check his or her own health condition that may varyaccording to state of urine on the spot, to thus be conscious ofprogresses of various adult diseases in advance and prevent developmentof serious diseases beforehand, and to thereby raise consciousness ofvarious diseases and keep people's healths.

2. Description of the Related Art

In general, in order to initially check infection to various diseases, aurine examination method is widely been used. These urine examinationtests are mainly performed through hospitals or clinics, except severalpeople who are interested in their healths and use urine examinationindicator papers at home.

As described above, since such urine examination tests that enable usersto initially check infection to various diseases are mainly performedthrough hospitals or clinics, most people who do not find hospitals orclinics for several reasons do not have an opportunity to check theirown healths from time to time. As a result, an early non-serious diseasemay be developed to a serious disease, to thereby cause patients tosuffer from physical, spiritual and economical burdens.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To overcome inconveniences of the conventional art, it is an object ofthe present invention to provide a urine examination indicator papervending machine which is installed near a urinal in a public restroom inwhich a user can perform a urine examination test through a urineexamination indicator paper which is supplied from the urine examinationindicator paper vending machine, to thus enable a user to check his orher health condition with respect to a particular disease, and toinitially respond to the particular disease, and to then keep people'shealths more quickly and economically.

To accomplish the above object of the present invention, there isprovided a urine examination indicator paper vending machine (A) whichis installed near a urinal (5) in a public restroom and which enables auser to check temporary urine examination, the urine examinationindicator paper vending machine (A) comprising:

a box-shaped vending machine main body (1) on the front-outer surface ofwhich a manual display (13) which enables a user to directly check areaction change degree on a reaction portion (41) in a urine examinationindicator paper (4), an automatic display (14) which enables the user toautomatically check a reaction change degree on a reaction portion (41)in a urine examination indicator paper (4), and a manipulator (15) whichenables the user to command the urine examination indicator papervending machine (A) to perform a series of operations, are respectivelyformed;

a measuring portion (17) having a discriminator (3) which is connectedwith the automatic display (14) which is formed at the center of theurine examination indicator paper vending machine main body (1), at theinner side of the upper surface of the measuring portion (17); and

a urine examination indicator paper loading portion (2) having aresidual urine collection vessel (21) at the lower portion of themeasuring portion (17), to accordingly enable a user to receive a urineexamination indicator paper (4) from the urine examination indicatorpaper vending machine (A) and to check a reaction change degree on areaction portion (41) in the urine examination indicator paper (4).

Preferably but not necessarily, the urine examination indicator papervending machine further comprises: a urine examination indicator papercollection vessel (16) which is detachably formed at one side of theurine examination indicator paper vending machine main body (1).

Preferably but not necessarily, the urine examination indicator papervending machine further comprises: a guiding portion (11) which isinstalled on the front-outer surface of the urine examination indicatorpaper vending machine main body (1), to inform a user of how to use thevending machine and a notice; and/or an advertising portion (12) throughwhich various kinds of advertisement can be displayed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and/or other aspects of the present invention will becomeapparent and more readily appreciated from the following description ofthe exemplary embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a urine examination indicator papervending machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2A is an enlarged front view showing a manual display on the urineexamination indicator paper vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 2B is an enlarged front view showing a manipulator on the urineexamination indicator paper vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a urine examination indicator paperwhich is applied in the urine examination indicator paper vendingmachine according to the present invention; and

FIG. 4 illustrates an example that urine examination indicator papervending machines according to the present invention are used.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Hereinbelow, a urine examination indicator paper vending machineaccording to the present invention will be described with reference tothe accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals are assigned for likeelements in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a urine examination indicator paper vending machine“A” which enables a user to perform a urine examination test, includes:a box-shaped vending machine main body 1 on the front-outer surface ofwhich a guiding portion 11 which is installed on the front-outer surfaceof the urine examination indicator paper vending machine main body 1, toinform a user of how to use the vending machine and a notice, anadvertizing portion 12 through which various kinds of advertizement suchas adult diseases can be displayed, a manual display 13 which enables auser to directly check a reaction change degree on a reaction portion 41in a urine examination indicator paper 4, an automatic display 14 whichenables the user to automatically check a reaction change degree on areaction portion 41 in a urine examination indicator paper 4, and amanipulator 15 which enables the user to command the urine examinationindicator paper vending machine “A” to perform a series of operationssuch as insertion of coins and discharging of urine examinationindicator papers, are respectively formed.

In addition, the urine examination indicator paper vending machine “A”includes: a urine examination indicator paper collection vessel 16 whichis detachably formed at one side of the urine examination indicatorpaper vending machine main body 1; a measuring portion 17 having adiscriminator 3 which is connected with the automatic display 14 whichis formed at the center of the urine examination indicator paper vendingmachine main body 1, at the inner side of the upper surface of themeasuring portion 17, to thus enable the discriminator 3 to discriminatea reaction change degree on a reaction portion 41 in a urine examinationindicator paper 4 and to thereby make the automatic display 14 todisplay the discrimination result thereon; and a urine examinationindicator paper loading portion 2 having a residual urine collectionvessel 21 at the lower portion of the measuring portion 17, toaccordingly enable a user to receive a urine examination indicator paper4 from the urine examination indicator paper vending machine “A” and tocheck a reaction change degree on a reaction portion 41 in the urineexamination indicator paper 4.

In general, the manual display 13 displays a contrast table for aninitial urine examination test. For example, concentrations of protein,glucose, pH and occult blood of urine are displayed as a color changetable on the manual display 13. Accordingly, a user who uses a urineexamination indicator paper 4 directly compares a reaction changedegree, that is, a color change result on the reaction portion 41 in theurine examination indicator paper 4 which has been soaked with theurine, with the contrast table which is displayed in several steps onthe manual display 13 according to symptoms of diseases, to therebyenable the user to easily discriminate infection of diseases and levelof infection and to cope with the diseases.

The automatic display 14 operates as follows. If a user who uses a urineexamination indicator paper 4 puts the urine examination indicator paper4 which has been soaked with urine on the urine examination indicatorpaper loading portion 2 and then manipulates a discriminator operationswitch 171, a discrimination result which has been discriminated by thediscriminator 3 is displayed as any one of three levels such as“normal,” “warning” or “consult the doctor” on the automatic display 14.Accordingly, the automatic display 14 also enables the user to easilydiscriminate infection of diseases and level of infection and to copewith the diseases.

The manipulator portion 15 includes a coin inlet 151, a bill inlet 152a, a refund lever 152, a money display window 153, a urine examinationindicator paper discharge button 154, a urine examination indicatorpaper outlet 155, and a change outlet 156, in the same manner as ageneral vending machine, and enables a user to command the urineexamination indicator paper vending machine “A” to perform a series ofthe vending machine operations.

As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of the urine examination indicator papervending machines “A” may be installed near urinals 5 for men in thisembodiment. However, the urine examination indicator paper vendingmachines can be installed in the public restroom for women.

The operation of the urine examination indicator paper vending machine“A” will follow. A user who wants a urine examination test inserts apredetermined mount of money into the coin inlet 151 or the bill inlet152 a which is formed in the manipulator 15 which is located at one sideof the vending machine main body 1, before urination, and obtains aurine examination indicator paper 4 through the urine examinationindicator paper outlet 155. Then, the user soaks a reaction portion 41in the urine examination indicator paper 4 with his or her urine so thatthe reaction portion 41 reacts with the urine. Then, the user puts theurine examination indicator paper 4 which has been reacted with theurine on the urine examination indicator paper loading portion 2 whichis installed in the measuring portion 17 which is located at the centerof the vending machine main body 1. Then, the user manipulates thediscriminator operation switch 171. As a result, a discrimination resultwhich has been discriminated by the discriminator 3 is displayed as anyone of three levels such as “normal,” “warning” or “consult the doctor”on the automatic display 14. Accordingly, the automatic display 14enables the user to easily discriminate infection of diseases and levelof infection and to cope with the diseases.

Meanwhile, in the case that a user who wants a urine examination testdirectly discriminates a urine examination test result instead ofputting a urine examination indicator paper 4 which has been soaked withurine on the urine examination indicator paper loading portion 2, he orshe directly compares a reaction change degree, that is, a color changeresult on the reaction portion 41 in the urine examination indicatorpaper 4 which has been soaked with the urine, with the contrast tablewhich is displayed in several steps on the manual display 13 accordingto symptoms of diseases, to thereby enable the user to easilydiscriminate infection of diseases and level of infection and to copewith the diseases.

In order to make more people use the urine examination indicator papervending machine, any one who wants a urine examination test may simplypress a urine examination indicator paper discharge button 154 andobtains a urine examination indicator paper without inserting apredetermined amount of money in the public restroom. That is, the urineexamination indicator paper vending machine “A” maybe designed tooperate on a free of charge basis.

In addition, in the case that the number of conditions, that is, thenumber of inspection items, of the reaction portion 41 in the urineexamination indicator paper 4 is provided in various forms, developmentof various kinds of diseases may be interrupted or prevented only withthe urine examination test, in which the contrast table of the manualdisplay 13 and the discrimination capability of the discriminator 3 areset in correspondence to the conditions of the reaction portion 41 inthe urine examination indicator paper 4.

The urine examination indicator paper vending machine “A” may beinstalled in the toilet for men or women, to thus enable users to easilydiscriminate infection of diseases and level of infection and to copewith the diseases.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.It is apparent to one who has an ordinary skill in the art that theremay be many modifications and variations within the same technicalspirit of the invention.

As described above, the urine examination indicator paper vendingmachine according to the present invention enables users who want aurine examination test to easily obtain a urine examination indicatorpaper and make a reaction portion in the urine examination indicatorpaper soaked with urine, and to compare a color change of the reactionportion in the urine examination indicator paper with the contrast tableon the manual display to thereby directly discriminate infection ofdiseases and level of infection, or put the urine examination indicatorpaper soaked with urine on the urine examination indicator paper loadingportion to make the discriminator automatically discriminate infectionof diseases and level of infection, to then be displayed on theautomatic display. Accordingly, aggravation of the users' healths can beprevented in advance. Further, without going to hospitals or clinics toconsult the doctors, the urine examination indicator paper vendingmachine provides an effect of enabling users to be conscious ofprogresses of various adult diseases in advance and prevent developmentof serious diseases beforehand, and to thereby raise consciousness ofvarious diseases and keep users' healths.

1. A urine examination indicator paper vending machine (A) which isinstalled near a urinal (5) in a public restroom and which enables auser to check temporary urine examination, the urine examinationindicator paper vending machine (A) comprising: a box-shaped vendingmachine main body (1) on the front-outer surface of which a manualdisplay (13) which enables a user to directly check a reaction changedegree on a reaction portion (41) in a urine examination indicator paper(4), an automatic display (14) which enables the user to automaticallycheck a reaction change degree on a reaction portion (41) in a urineexamination indicator paper (4), and a manipulator (15) which enablesthe user to command the urine examination indicator paper vendingmachine (A) to perform a series of operations, are respectively formed;a urine examination indicator paper collection vessel (16) which isdetachably formed at one side of the urine examination indicator papervending machine main body (1); a measuring portion (17) having adiscriminator (3) which is connected with the automatic display (14)which is formed at the center of the urine examination indicator papervending machine main body (1), at the inner side of the upper surface ofthe measuring portion (17); and a urine examination indicator paperloading portion (2) having a residual urine collection vessel (21) atthe lower portion of the measuring portion (17), to accordingly enable auser to receive a urine examination indicator paper (4) from the urineexamination indicator paper vending machine (A) and to check a reactionchange degree on a reaction portion (41) in the urine examinationindicator paper (4).
 2. The urine examination indicator paper vendingmachine according to claim 1, further comprising: a urine examinationindicator paper collection vessel (16) which is detachably formed at oneside of the urine examination indicator paper vending machine main body(1).
 3. The urine examination indicator paper vending machine accordingto claim 1, further comprising: a guiding portion (11) which isinstalled on the front-outer surface of the urine examination indicatorpaper vending machine main body (1), to inform a user of how to use thevending machine and a notice; and/or an advertizing portion (12) throughwhich various kinds of advertizement can be displayed.
 4. The urineexamination indicator paper vending machine according to claim 2,further comprising: a guiding portion (11) which is installed on thefront-outer surface of the urine examination indicator paper vendingmachine main body (1), to inform a user of how to use the vendingmachine and a notice; and/or an advertizing portion (12) through whichvarious kinds of advertizement can be displayed.